A Sign of Affection is a delight! The characters show empathy and the value of friendship. Definitely Recommend!

Thank you to NetGalley for granting this ARC, super cute and fast read. The illustrations were adorable and the story was cute.

I thought I would like it due what I had heard about the disability representation, however, there are racist caricatures in this book that make it impossible to enjoy or recommend.

sadly, before i could download this title, netgalley took it off their catalog. that means i can’t review this one. HOWEVER, i will be checking in with my library to see if i can get a copy and review it that way

Yuki is epitome of pure. I wasn't that interested in reading this based on the cover but I was pleasantly surprised by all the warm fuzzy feelings that I got. I liked that this is set in college so there's less of the typical tropes you see from a shoujo set in high school. I can't wait for volume 2.

This book was just so wholesome for me and I enjoyed it so much. I loved how much I could relate to the main character especially sharing the Deaf trait with her and the fact we both prefer to use sign language too.

I already went out and bought my own physical copy and plan to buy the rest of the series too!
Thank you for letting me read and review this early

This was such a cute story. Yuki is such a likeable character, itsuomi character seems to be a bit more reserved and it's hard to tell at this point if he likes Yuki as much as she likes him. The childhood friend was very overprotective and I get the feeling that he might have feelings for Yuki. The use of sign language in the book was great, I've never read a book with a deaf main character before. I'm excited to see what happens in the next volume.

It was honestly a super cute manga. It was honestly a bit refreshing to see a college age character in manga. The sign language aspect of the book was surprising. I haven't read anything quite like it. I'm planning to continue the series!

I lost my PDF of this book in switching phones, and I found it last night and immediately opened it up, having little recollection of what this book was about and wasn't disappointed at all.

I'm a sucker for Sign Language being an actively shown in graphic novels/manga, especially since it is so rare but I've seen it done so beautifully.

This book did not disappoint it was gorgeously done and made me reminiscent of novels with how snow is depicted and described.

Yuki- Wholesomest of wholesome beans. With an awesome fashion sense.

Itsuomi- Dude needs to learn some personal boundaries. But overall sweet guy.

Rin- Good Friend. Sweet. Has awesome taste in earrings.

Will be continuing with this series for sure.

This volume is the sweet and endearing start to a love story between two college students: one who has seen the world and one who lives in a world created by her lack of hering. After a chance encounter on a train Itsuomi and Yuki begin building a friendship that quickly grows into more. I can't wait for the next volumes to be released.

Itsuomi and Yuki's story starts to develop, their lives so different but so alike. While she being deaf sees herself sometimes caged in this tiny little world, Itsumoi is a travelled person who goes out of the country to find out about more about other cultures. Althought it is like this, Itsuomi's sees Yuki's world as being a vast incredible one, and also can't help thinking she is cute. Yuki falls hard for him, thye form a partnership that will probably face a lot of obstacles but with their understanding of each other and soft aura around them, I believe they will suceed.

Th art style is cute and wholesome, matching the vibe of the story perfectly. Hoepefully I can read the second volume fast! Also the author took time to give us some informations about sign language in janpan which I think it's informative and so important!

This manga was so wholesome, it has a beautiful art style, and the way the characters approach Yuki's deafness is realistic and makes sense for the plot development. I'm really excited to read more and am really grateful that the authors decided to portray a deaf character. I really want to know more about sign language and how it impacts daily life.

The only thing I didn't like was the appearance of Yuki's childhood friend, I can already tell he'll play the role of the jealous second male lead. He seems like a kind person, so I hope this arc will be treated respectfully, but I really wish this trope disappeared from shoujo manga. I thought everything was realistic except for him. If he loves her, he should've confessed sooner. Let's eradicate love triangles! I want them to stay friends, though. Him being able to sign just because of her is too cute and pure for this world.

Oh, and it really irks me that the male lead has a poker face like 95% of the time. But I guess some people like that.

I've already bought the next two volumes, that's how good this was ^o^

I am fascinated by the incorporation of sign language into this story. A fantastic idea and a charming story. Not sure how I'm feeling about our male love interest, but we shall see...

For Libraries: Another graphic that is classified as adult, but there are not any content concerns in this volume. I'll be trying it out in my teen collection.

I received this arc from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Yuki is a college student who’s into friends and fashion. She’s also deaf. A chance meeting on a train leads to a serious crush… but can it grow into something more?

This manga was seriously so cute and made my heart warm. I loved both of the main characters and every time they interacted my heart swooned. I also loved that sign language was Included in the panels and the art style for this was stunning. I am so excited for the next volumes and I will 100% be picking them up. I see a re-read in my future very soon....

When I first say sign of affection, I was like this will be cute little love story. I wasn’t expecting much if I’m honest. But once I looked more into it and started to read it I was hocked. This manga is about a deaf collages aged girl. She is so use to people brushing her off cause she can’t hear that’s until one day someone pays attention to her and from there we get this adorable story of growth and love. I can’t wait for the next volume!!

I'm baffled about A Sign of Affection. The topic is super important, since the main character is deaf and it's super rare and the manga actually handles it well and accordingly. I love how she uses sign language all the time, since she cannot really hear anything aside of some little noises she cannot pinpoint. The best part of the manga is her trying to communicate with others and make them understand and at the same time she tries so hard to understand. The point is that Yuki is accustomed to her situation and looks at the bright side of it, which makes this heartwarming. In this first part Yuki gets to know this boy Itsuomi and they begin to get to know one another. Mostly it's just college life and whatnot. But, the romance is too quick and suddenly Yuki is in love without even knowing the guy. This kind of ruined the series for me, since it's such a cliched situation and the reason I don't really read shoujo anymore.

The art is overly cute with sparkly eyes and everything. It's too sweet even and I kind of wished for a more realistic approach, since this would've deserved it. I'm so glad this is translated into English though, since this is different and you don't see stuff like this in manga or in Japan all that much. All kinds of people should get their voices heard.

3/5 stars

📝Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing this e-arc!

✨A cute enjoyable shouko that i adored. Loved the rep and the art style. The rating is this low in comparison to otherd as i feel like i wasn't captivated enough by the characters and their plots and motivations

Thank you netgally for giving me a copy and letting me review this manga.

A Sign of Affection is a manga story where the heroine who have a hearing disability and met this cute guy who later became the heroine's crush.

OKAY. This is such a cute manga story. I didn't expect to enjoy this manga that much but boi, I did.

Aside from the heroine being so cute and precious, the friendship that was shown so far was pretty much okay, especially to her girl friend and her childhood friend which is so far shown to be a little bit overprotective.

As for the potential male lead, he's cute, HOWEVER, I find him a little bit suspish so far.

I can not choose which of the two potential leads' better but so far they're good.

I enjoyed the premise of the manga and find it really wholesome and hopefully we get to see more of this story concept in mangas in the future.

I love that this was about learning new things in order to make a relationship successful. While still a romance, this story focuses more on the things we do in the name of love, like learning how to communicate in various ways such as ASL but also through active listening. Such a sweet sweet novel and I can’t wait to read more.

This is an interesting title! I'm always fascinated by how artists convey sign language, and I appreciated the afterword where the authors talked about working with their sign language consultant. I wasn't immediately sold on the romance part of the story and I'm not sure if I'll continue reading but the art and writing are both solid, and I thought (although I'm certainly not an expert) that the authors handled Yuki's Deafness respectfully.